HCS HB 1746 -- VETERANS' PROGRAMS

SPONSOR:  Jackson (Day)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee on
Veterans by a vote of 8 to 0.

Currently, the Executive Director of the Missouri Veterans
Commission approves and administers veterans' programs in which
the historical significance of veteran service can be dedicated
to outreach and education inside public schools, veteran
cemeteries, veteran homes, and other institutions.  The Veterans'
Historical Education Trust Fund finances these programs and is
administered by the commission.  This substitute transfers the
administration of these programs and the fund to the Lieutenant
Governor.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2007, FY 2008, and
FY 2009.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that a program was put in place to
videotape veterans' stories, but it never got off the ground.
The bill simply transfers the program from the Missouri Veterans
Commission to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.  The
commission supports the transfer because it is an important
program for which it does not have time to complete.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Day; Lieutenant
Governor; Missouri Veterans Commission; Missouri National Guard
Association; and Pat Kerr.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Alice Hurley, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:44 am